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looking back over the period following the Second World War, we have seen Japan attain the status of a world economic power, going through five phases of adaptation to become a formidable competitor in various product areas. These phases are: Large-scale absorption of technology imported from the United States and Europe A productivity drive of hitherto unseen dimensions A country-wide quality improvement programme A great degree of manufacturing flexibility Multinationality After successfully assimilating foreign technology and then achieving very high productivity and top quality, Japanese industries are now focusing on flexible manufacturing technologies. This means having the capability to adapt manufacturing in very short time to changing customer and market requirements. The key words are mechanisation, automation, robotisation and related systems. The world is going through a period of transition from fragmented markets to a more or less global one. Doing business in such an env
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looking back over the period following the Second World War, we have seen Japan attain the status of a world economic power, going through five phases of adaptation to become a formidable competitor in various product areas. These phases are: Large-scale absorption of technology imported from the United States and Europe A productivity drive of hitherto unseen dimensions A country-wide quality improvement programme A great degree of manufacturing flexibility Multinationality After successfully assimilating foreign technology and then achieving very high productivity and top quality, Japanese industries are now focusing on flexible manufacturing technologies. This means having the capability to adapt manufacturing in very short time to changing customer and market requirements. The key words are mechanisation, automation, robotisation and related systems. The world is going through a period of transition from fragmented markets to a more or less global one. Doing business in such an env
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